Update: You can watch the massive plant bloom and wither away in a 30-second time lapse video. Syracuse, N.Y. – After nearly five years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

I’d like to say that keying out new or unfamiliar plants is a favorite activity of mine, but that would not be true. Even with a reasonable knowledge of plant/flower structure, botanical terminology, ...

A corpse flower nicknamed “Green Boy” is anticipated to bloom at the end of this week at the Huntington, releasing its notorious odor. The Huntington has cultivated corpse flowers since 1999 and ...